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commit timezone for openSUSE:Factory

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checked in at 2012-04-03 17:39:06
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Comparing /work/SRC/openSUSE:Factory/timezone (Old)
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@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
1970, and there are undoubtedly errors even for time stamps since 1970.
If you know that the rules are different from those in a file, by all means
feel free to change file (and please send the changed version to
-tz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx for use in the future). Europeans take note!
+tz@xxxxxxxx for use in the future). Europeans take note!

Thanks to these Timezone Caballeros who've made major contributions to the
time conversion package: Keith Bostic; Bob Devine; Paul Eggert; Robert Elz;
@@ -80,7 +80,13 @@
for testing work, and to Gwillim Law for checking local mean time data.
None of them are responsible for remaining errors.

-Look in the ~ftp/pub directory of elsie.nci.nih.gov
+Look in the ~ftp/pub directory of munnari.oz.au
for updated versions of these files.

# INTERNATIONAL EARTH ROTATION AND REFERENCE SYSTEMS SERVICE (IERS)
#
# SERVICE INTERNATIONAL DE LA ROTATION TERRESTRE ET DES SYSTEMES DE REFERENCE
#
+#
# SERVICE DE LA ROTATION TERRESTRE
# OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS
# 61, Av. de l'Observatoire 75014 PARIS (France)
-# Tel. : 33 (0) 1 40 51 22 29
+# Tel. : 33 (0) 1 40 51 22 26
# FAX : 33 (0) 1 40 51 22 91
-# Internet : services.iers@xxxxxxxx
+# e-mail : (E-Mail Removed)
+# http://hpiers.obspm.fr/eop-pc
+#
+# Paris, 5 January 2012
#
-# Paris, 2 February 2011
#
-# Bulletin C 41
+# Bulletin C 43
#
# To authorities responsible
# for the measurement and
# distribution of time
#
-# INFORMATION ON UTC - TAI
#
-# NO positive leap second will be introduced at the end of June 2011.
-# The difference between Coordinated Universal Time UTC and the
-# International Atomic Time TAI is :
+# UTC TIME STEP
+# on the 1st of July 2012
+#
#
-# from 2009 January 1, 0h UTC, until further notice : UTC-TAI = -34 s
+# A positive leap second will be introduced at the end of June 2012.
+# The sequence of dates of the UTC second markers will be:
+#
+# 2012 June 30, 23h 59m 59s
+# 2012 June 30, 23h 59m 60s
+# 2012 July 1, 0h 0m 0s
+#
+# The difference between UTC and the International Atomic Time TAI is:
+#
+# from 2009 January 1, 0h UTC, to 2012 July 1 0h UTC : UTC-TAI = - 34s
+# from 2012 July 1, 0h UTC, until further notice : UTC-TAI = - 35s
#
# Leap seconds can be introduced in UTC at the end of the months of December
-# or June, depending on the evolution of UT1-TAI. Bulletin C is mailed every
-# six months, either to announce a time step in UTC, or to confirm that there
+# or June, depending on the evolution of UT1-TAI. Bulletin C is mailed every
+# six months, either to announce a time step in UTC or to confirm that there
# will be no time step at the next possible date.
#
+#
# Daniel GAMBIS
-# Head
-# Earth Orientation Center of the IERS
+# Head
+# Earth Orientation Center of IERS
# Observatoire de Paris, France
diff -urN '--exclude=CVS' '--exclude=.cvsignore' '--exclude=.svn'
'--exclude=.svnignore' old/northamerica new/northamerica
--- old/northamerica 2011-10-30 08:57:54.000000000 +0100
+++ new/northamerica 2012-03-27 17:39:12.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
# <pre>
-# @(#)northamerica 8.51
+# @(#)northamerica 8.54
# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.

@@ -1120,9 +1120,26 @@
# For now, assume all of DST-observing Canada will fall into line with the
# new US DST rules,

+# It seems though that (re: Creston) is not entirely correct:
+
+# From Chris Walton (2011-12-01):
+# There are two areas within the Canadian province of British Columbia
+# that do not currently observe daylight saving:
+# a) The Creston Valley (includes the town of Creston and surrounding area)
+# b) The eastern half of the Peace River Regional District
+# (includes the cities of Dawson Creek and Fort St. John)
+
+# Earlier this year I stumbled across a detailed article about the time
+# keeping history of Creston; it was written by Tammy Hardwick who is the
+# manager of the Creston & District Museum. The article was written in May
2009.
+# <a href="http://www.ilovecreston.com/?p=articles&t=spec&ar=260&quot;>
+# http://www.ilovecreston.com/?p=articles&t=spec&ar=260
+# </a>
+# According to the article, Creston has not changed its clocks since June 1918.
+# i.e. Creston has been stuck on UTC-7 for 93 years.
+# Dawson Creek, on the other hand, changed its clocks as recently as April
1972.
+
+# Unfortunately the exact date for the time change in June 1918 remains
+# unknown and will be difficult to ascertain. I e-mailed Tammy a few months
+# ago to ask if Sunday June 2 was a reasonable guess. She said it was just
+# as plausible as any other date (in June). She also said that after writing
the
+# article she had discovered another time change in 1916; this is the subject
+# of another article which she wrote in October 2010.
+# <a
href="http://www.creston.museum.bc.ca/index.php?module=comments&uop=view_comment&cm+id=56&quot;>
+# http://www.creston.museum.bc.ca/index.php?module=comments&uop=view_comment&cm+id=56
+# </a>
+
+# Here is a summary of the three clock change events in Creston's history:
+# 1. 1884 or 1885: adoption of Mountain Standard Time (GMT-7)
+# Exact date unknown
+# 2. Oct 1916: switch to Pacific Standard Time (GMT-8)
+# Exact date in October unknown; Sunday October 1 is a reasonable guess.
+# 3. June 1918: switch to Pacific Daylight Time (GMT-7)
+# Exact date in June unknown; Sunday June 2 is a reasonable guess.
+# note#1:
+# On Oct 27/1918 when daylight saving ended in the rest of Canada,
+# Creston did not change its clocks.
+# note#2:
+# During WWII when the Federal Government legislated a mandatory clock change,
+# Creston did not oblige.
+# note#3:
+# There is no guarantee that Creston will remain on Mountain Standard Time
+# (UTC-7) forever.
+# The subject was debated at least once this year by the town Council.
+# <a
href="http://www.bclocalnews.com/kootenay_rockies/crestonvalleyadvance/news/116760809.html&quot;>
+# http://www.bclocalnews.com/kootenay_rockies/crestonvalleyadvance/news/116760809.html
+# </a>
+
+# During a period WWII, summer time (Daylight saying) was mandatory in Canada.
+# In Creston, that was handled by shifting the area to PST (-8:00) then
applying
+# summer time to cause the offset to be -7:00, the same as it had been before
+# the change. It can be argued that the timezone abbreviation during this
+# period should be PDT rather than MST, but that doesn't seem important enough
+# (to anyone) to further complicate the rules.
+
+# The transition dates (and times) are guesses.
+
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Vanc 1918 only - Apr 14 2:00 1:00 D
-Rule Vanc 1918 only - Oct 31 2:00 0 S
+Rule Vanc 1918 only - Oct 27 2:00 0 S
Rule Vanc 1942 only - Feb 9 2:00 1:00 W # War
Rule Vanc 1945 only - Aug 14 23:00u 1:00 P #
Peace
Rule Vanc 1945 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 S
@@ -1813,7 +1889,10 @@
-8:00 Canada P%sT 1947
-8:00 Vanc P%sT 1972 Aug 30 2:00
-7:00 - MST
-
+Zone America/Creston -7:46:04 - LMT 1884
+ -7:00 - MST 1916 Oct 1
+ -8:00 - PST 1918 Jun 2
+ -7:00 - MST